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The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.

The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena. [R.]

A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.

The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.

A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.

Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran.

A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillæ along the back. See Ceratobranchia. [Written also Æolis.]

Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.

The nightmare. Brande & C.

Epic. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv. Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C. His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell.

That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes. -- n.

A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or æstivation.

The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.